Atlas of Battles

commander, 5 engagements

Battles of Holland Smith

Battles of Holland Smith

United States Marine Corps general (1882–1967)

Holland Smith is recorded as a commander at 5 placed engagements in the atlas between 1916 and 1945: 5 battles across 5 present-day countries, most in Dominican Republic (1), Kiribati (1), Marshall Islands (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 17,352 km apart end to end, 4,338 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Pacific War (1).

Battle of GuayacanasBattle of TarawaBattle of KwajaleinBattle of SaipanBattle of Iwo JimaBattle of GuayacanasBattle of TarawaBattle of KwajaleinBattle of SaipanBattle of Iwo JimaBuenos AiresŌsakaManilaSeoulChicagoLimaTehranKinshasaTaipeiBengaluru5000 km13.103N, 51.138E
5 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1916: 1 engagements1943: 1 engagements1944: 2 engagements2 in 19441945: 1 engagements19161945
5 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Guayacanas, 1916Battle of Tarawa, 1943Battle of Kwajalein, 1944Battle of Saipan, 1944Battle of Iwo Jima, 194519161945
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 1

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
1916Battle of GuayacanasDominican RepublicAmerican victory
20 November 1943Battle of TarawaBetio, Kiribati12,697 km WAllied victory
31 January 1944Battle of KwajaleinKwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands997 km NWAmerican victory
15 June 1944Battle of SaipanSaipan, United States2,495 km WAmerican victory
8 February 1945Battle of Iwo JimaIwo Jima, Japan1,163 km NWAmerican victory

Sources and method

Commanders come from the commander fields of the English Wikipedia infoboxes of these engagements (CC BY-SA 4.0), resolved to one article each; portrait, dates and description from Wikidata (CC0) and Wikimedia Commons, Wikimedia Commons, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.